This creative & engaging animated ESL video teaches learners about gerunds and infinitives (verbs) at the upper-intermediate level. Use this in class and have a blast!
WEBSITE: http://oomongzu.com
For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website.
For the “No Music” version of this video, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OosgcMhRs
Title of English / ESL Video:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
TargetEnglish Grammar:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs):
– Gerund verbs.
– Infinitives with “to”.
– Infinitives without “to”.
Student Proficiency Level:
Upper-intermediate level grammar.
Suggested Courses:
General EnglishInstructions:
– Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first.
– Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs).
Summary of English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
Approximate chronological order:
Gerunds:
– Elicitation of target grammar.
Form:
– Verb + ingFunction:
– Gerunds act as nouns or pronouns.
Specific Uses:
– Likes/dislikes: I love shopping.
– General activities: I’m good at dancing.
– Abstract ideas: I’m not used to working late.
– When there is no noun to describe something: Catching the train during peak hour is really annoying.
– When speaking or writing in incomplete sentences: What are your hobbies? Watching TV and surfing the Internet.
Use Gerunds:
– As the subject of a sentence: Flying makes me nervous.
– As the object of a sentence: I find listening to music very relaxing.
– After prepositions: The police arrested her for speeding.
– After phrasal verbs: She ended up going to prison.
– After some verbs including: admit, avoid, can’t help, carry on, consider, deny, finish, give up, imagine, involve, keep on, miss, postpone, practice, risk, spend, stop, suggest.
– Example: You should avoid taking a stroll outside during a hurricane.
– After words for expressing like/dislike: can’t stand, crazy about, enjoy, fancy, hate, like/dislike, keen on, love, don’t mind, prefer.
– Example: I love skydiving.
Use Infinitives (with “to”):
– To express a reason or purpose: He ran to avoid being caught.
– After adjectives: This safe is easy to break open.
– After some verbs, including: can/can’t afford, agree, appear, be able to, can’t wait, decide, expect, forget, happen, have (got), help, hope, learn, manage, need, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, remember, seem, teach, tend, threaten, try, want, would like.
– Example: He threatened to hurt the man.
*Infinitives are not generally used as the subject of sentences.
Use the Infinitive (without “to”) after:
– Modal verbs: You should see a doctor.
– Auxiliary verbs: We‘ll go swimming tomorrow.
– let, make and help.
– Example 1: Let‘s go shopping.
– Example 2: Help me carry my shoes.
– Example 3: Sometimes she makes me want to scream!
Negative Forms:
Target language form the negative with “not”:
– Gerunds: I don’t like shopping.
– Infinitives (with “to”): I don’t want to go shopping.
– Infinitives (without “to”): I won’t go shopping.
These verbs can be followed with either the gerund or infinitive (with “to”) with no difference in meaning:
– begin, continue, prefer, start. For example:
– I prefer doing yoga.
– I prefer to do yoga.
These verbs can be followed with either the gerund or infinitive (with “to”), but the meaning is different:
– try, remember, forget, need.
– Example 1:
– Try not to hurt yourself again. (This means, make an effort to do something.)
– You should try going to an Italian restaurant. (This means, try something to see if you like it.)
– Example 2:
– Remember to fasten your seatbelt. (This means, don’t forget something.)
– I remember seeing you in high school. (This means, having a memory of something.)
– Example 3:
– I forgot to bring my luggage. (This means, you didn’t remember something.)
– I’ll never forget seeing the beautiful scenery. (This means, you did something and you won’t forget it. It’s more common in the negative form.)
– Example 4:
– You need to buy a new car. (This means, you must do something.)
– That car needs repairing. (This means, the subject needs something.)

published:04 Aug 2016

views:41365

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

published:05 Dec 2015

views:690639

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

published:04 Dec 2013

views:318701

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

HelloEveryone!
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
My videos are vocabulary-based for conversation practice. Each video is themed to provide context for learning. To insure success, every video is designed with open slots for vocabulary substitution practice. These patterns allow students to practice on their own and teachers can have their class practice together as a group.
These videos also work great for icebreakers and class discussions.
Please have fun and speak English now!
Thank you for your kind support :)
Mark Kulek
Here is my eBook for 25 ShortSimpleConversations.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MT6OZ54
For those of you who are interested in teaching English to young learners. Please have a look at my blog, Sharing My Whiteboard. http://sharingmywhiteboard.blogspot.jp
Thank you for your time.

English as a second or foreign language

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English as a second language (ESL) is often used for non-native English speakers learning English in a country where English is commonly spoken. English as a foreign language (EFL) is used for non-native English speakers learning English in a country where English is not commonly spoken.
The term ESL has been misinterpreted by some to indicate that English would be of secondary importance. However, it simply refers to the order in which the language was learned, consistent with the linguistic terminology of second-language acquisition.
The term ESL can be a misnomer for some students who have learned several languages before learning English. The terms English Language Learners (ELL), and more recently English Learners (EL), have been used instead, and the students’ home language and cultures are considered important.

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This creative & engaging animated ESL video teaches learners about gerunds and infinitives (verbs) at the upper-intermediate level. Use this in class and have a blast!
WEBSITE: http://oomongzu.com
For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website.
For the “No Music” version of this video, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OosgcMhRs
Title of English / ESL Video:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
TargetEnglish Grammar:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs):
– Gerund verbs.
– Infinitives with “to”.
– Infinitives without “to”.
Student Proficiency Level:
Upper-intermediate level grammar.
Suggested Courses:
General EnglishInstructions:
– Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first.
– Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs).
Summary of English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
Approximate chronological order:
Gerunds:
– Elicitation of target grammar.
Form:
– Verb + ingFunction:
– Gerunds act as nouns or pronouns.
Specific Uses:
– Likes/dislikes: I love shopping.
– General activities: I’m good at dancing.
– Abstract ideas: I’m not used to working late.
– When there is no noun to describe something: Catching the train during peak hour is really annoying.
– When speaking or writing in incomplete sentences: What are your hobbies? Watching TV and surfing the Internet.
Use Gerunds:
– As the subject of a sentence: Flying makes me nervous.
– As the object of a sentence: I find listening to music very relaxing.
– After prepositions: The police arrested her for speeding.
– After phrasal verbs: She ended up going to prison.
– After some verbs including: admit, avoid, can’t help, carry on, consider, deny, finish, give up, imagine, involve, keep on, miss, postpone, practice, risk, spend, stop, suggest.
– Example: You should avoid taking a stroll outside during a hurricane.
– After words for expressing like/dislike: can’t stand, crazy about, enjoy, fancy, hate, like/dislike, keen on, love, don’t mind, prefer.
– Example: I love skydiving.
Use Infinitives (with “to”):
– To express a reason or purpose: He ran to avoid being caught.
– After adjectives: This safe is easy to break open.
– After some verbs, including: can/can’t afford, agree, appear, be able to, can’t wait, decide, expect, forget, happen, have (got), help, hope, learn, manage, need, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, remember, seem, teach, tend, threaten, try, want, would like.
– Example: He threatened to hurt the man.
*Infinitives are not generally used as the subject of sentences.
Use the Infinitive (without “to”) after:
– Modal verbs: You should see a doctor.
– Auxiliary verbs: We‘ll go swimming tomorrow.
– let, make and help.
– Example 1: Let‘s go shopping.
– Example 2: Help me carry my shoes.
– Example 3: Sometimes she makes me want to scream!
Negative Forms:
Target language form the negative with “not”:
– Gerunds: I don’t like shopping.
– Infinitives (with “to”): I don’t want to go shopping.
– Infinitives (without “to”): I won’t go shopping.
These verbs can be followed with either the gerund or infinitive (with “to”) with no difference in meaning:
– begin, continue, prefer, start. For example:
– I prefer doing yoga.
– I prefer to do yoga.
These verbs can be followed with either the gerund or infinitive (with “to”), but the meaning is different:
– try, remember, forget, need.
– Example 1:
– Try not to hurt yourself again. (This means, make an effort to do something.)
– You should try going to an Italian restaurant. (This means, try something to see if you like it.)
– Example 2:
– Remember to fasten your seatbelt. (This means, don’t forget something.)
– I remember seeing you in high school. (This means, having a memory of something.)
– Example 3:
– I forgot to bring my luggage. (This means, you didn’t remember something.)
– I’ll never forget seeing the beautiful scenery. (This means, you did something and you won’t forget it. It’s more common in the negative form.)
– Example 4:
– You need to buy a new car. (This means, you must do something.)
– That car needs repairing. (This means, the subject needs something.)

12:08

Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

3:58

How to express your opinion in English

How to express your opinion in English

How to express your opinion in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

6:16

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

HelloEveryone!
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
My videos are vocabulary-based for conversation practice. Each video is themed to provide context for learning. To insure success, every video is designed with open slots for vocabulary substitution practice. These patterns allow students to practice on their own and teachers can have their class practice together as a group.
These videos also work great for icebreakers and class discussions.
Please have fun and speak English now!
Thank you for your kind support :)
Mark Kulek
Here is my eBook for 25 ShortSimpleConversations.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MT6OZ54
For those of you who are interested in teaching English to young learners. Please have a look at my blog, Sharing My Whiteboard. http://sharingmywhiteboard.blogspot.jp
Thank you for your time.

7:16

Expressing Time in English

Expressing Time in English

Expressing Time in English

http://www.engvid.com/ This is a lesson on different ways to express time in English. The lesson covers vocabulary related to time -- something every beginner needs to learn!

3:26

Expressing Surprise and Disbelief - Learn to Speak English Fluently

Expressing Surprise and Disbelief - Learn to Speak English Fluently

Expressing Surprise and Disbelief - Learn to Speak English Fluently

There are certainly many situations when you are surprised at what someone said or did. In this lesson you will learn commonly used expressions of surprise or disbelief. Practice these expressions and phrases and express your surprise in English when the next time you see something unbelievable.
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ESL express@lintas sugar group

This creative & engaging animated ESL video teaches learners about gerunds and infinitives (verbs) at the upper-intermediate level. Use this in class and have a blast!
WEBSITE: http://oomongzu.com
For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website.
For the “No Music” version of this video, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OosgcMhRs
Title of English / ESL Video:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
TargetEnglish Grammar:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs):
– Gerund verbs.
– Infinitives with “to”.
– Infinitives without “to”.
Student Proficiency Level:
Upper-intermediate level grammar.
Suggested Courses:
General EnglishInstructions:
– Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first.
– Pause the video whenev...

published: 04 Aug 2016

Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the pres...

published: 05 Dec 2015

How to express your opinion in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here a...

published: 04 Dec 2013

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

HelloEveryone!
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
My videos are vocabulary-based for conversation practice. Each video is themed to provide context for learning. To insure success, every video is designed with open slots for vocabulary substitution practice. These patterns allow students to practice on their own and teachers can have their class practice together as a group.
These videos also work great for icebreakers and class discussions.
Please have fun and speak English now!
Thank you for your kind support :)
Mark Kulek
Here is my eBook for 25 ShortSimpleConversations.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MT6OZ54
For those of you who are interested in teaching English to young learners. Please have a look at my blog, Sharing My White...

published: 20 Jan 2015

Expressing Time in English

http://www.engvid.com/ This is a lesson on different ways to express time in English. The lesson covers vocabulary related to time -- something every beginner needs to learn!

published: 22 Mar 2009

Expressing Surprise and Disbelief - Learn to Speak English Fluently

There are certainly many situations when you are surprised at what someone said or did. In this lesson you will learn commonly used expressions of surprise or disbelief. Practice these expressions and phrases and express your surprise in English when the next time you see something unbelievable.
Please subscribe to our Youtube channel to get more videos daily.
You can also practice through exercise for this lesson : http://twominenglish.com/video/53-Expressing-Surprise-and-Disbelief-Learn-to-Speak-English-Fluently.html#.UdVkUjswfOc
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Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the pres...

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

How to express your opinion in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion...

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

published:04 Dec 2013

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How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

HelloEveryone!
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
My videos are vocabulary-based for conversation practice. E...

HelloEveryone!
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
My videos are vocabulary-based for conversation practice. Each video is themed to provide context for learning. To insure success, every video is designed with open slots for vocabulary substitution practice. These patterns allow students to practice on their own and teachers can have their class practice together as a group.
These videos also work great for icebreakers and class discussions.
Please have fun and speak English now!
Thank you for your kind support :)
Mark Kulek
Here is my eBook for 25 ShortSimpleConversations.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MT6OZ54
For those of you who are interested in teaching English to young learners. Please have a look at my blog, Sharing My Whiteboard. http://sharingmywhiteboard.blogspot.jp
Thank you for your time.

HelloEveryone!
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
My videos are vocabulary-based for conversation practice. Each video is themed to provide context for learning. To insure success, every video is designed with open slots for vocabulary substitution practice. These patterns allow students to practice on their own and teachers can have their class practice together as a group.
These videos also work great for icebreakers and class discussions.
Please have fun and speak English now!
Thank you for your kind support :)
Mark Kulek
Here is my eBook for 25 ShortSimpleConversations.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MT6OZ54
For those of you who are interested in teaching English to young learners. Please have a look at my blog, Sharing My Whiteboard. http://sharingmywhiteboard.blogspot.jp
Thank you for your time.

Expressing Surprise and Disbelief - Learn to Speak English Fluently

There are certainly many situations when you are surprised at what someone said or did. In this lesson you will learn commonly used expressions of surprise or d...

There are certainly many situations when you are surprised at what someone said or did. In this lesson you will learn commonly used expressions of surprise or disbelief. Practice these expressions and phrases and express your surprise in English when the next time you see something unbelievable.
Please subscribe to our Youtube channel to get more videos daily.
You can also practice through exercise for this lesson : http://twominenglish.com/video/53-Expressing-Surprise-and-Disbelief-Learn-to-Speak-English-Fluently.html#.UdVkUjswfOc
Please like our page on Facebook : http://facebook.com/twominenglish
Get the Two Minute English App for your AndroidDevice : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.astrobix.twominuteenglish

There are certainly many situations when you are surprised at what someone said or did. In this lesson you will learn commonly used expressions of surprise or disbelief. Practice these expressions and phrases and express your surprise in English when the next time you see something unbelievable.
Please subscribe to our Youtube channel to get more videos daily.
You can also practice through exercise for this lesson : http://twominenglish.com/video/53-Expressing-Surprise-and-Disbelief-Learn-to-Speak-English-Fluently.html#.UdVkUjswfOc
Please like our page on Facebook : http://facebook.com/twominenglish
Get the Two Minute English App for your AndroidDevice : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.astrobix.twominuteenglish

ESL express@lintas sugar group

This creative & engaging animated ESL video teaches learners about gerunds and infinitives (verbs) at the upper-intermediate level. Use this in class and have a blast!
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For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website.
For the “No Music” version of this video, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OosgcMhRs
Title of English / ESL Video:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
TargetEnglish Grammar:
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs):
– Gerund verbs.
– Infinitives with “to”.
– Infinitives without “to”.
Student Proficiency Level:
Upper-intermediate level grammar.
Suggested Courses:
General EnglishInstructions:
– Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first.
– Pause the video whenev...

published: 04 Aug 2016

Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the pres...

published: 05 Dec 2015

How to express your opinion in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here a...

published: 04 Dec 2013

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the pres...

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
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Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

How to express your opinion in English

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http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

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How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

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8 Cultural Differences between Native Speakers and English Learners

Culture has a big role to play in the way we speak. It dictates not only which language we use, but also the way we express ourselves with different people. For...

Culture has a big role to play in the way we speak. It dictates not only which language we use, but also the way we express ourselves with different people. For example, how direct and honest people are generally varies by region. Because of these differences, it is just as important to master culture as it is language. This lesson will help you understand how native speakers think. You will learn how to improve your communication skills depending on whom you are speaking with no matter where you go in the world! Take the quiz on this lesson at http://www.engvid.com/8-cultural-differences-between-native-speakers-and-english-learners/
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Hmm. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Hi. James from engVid. I've often said that learning language, a foreign language is great. In this case, you're learning English, so congratulations. But a lot of students, they learn the language, and they kind of forget about the culture, like it doesn't really matter. Being an English speaker, I was born in England, and the culture from England is very different from the culture from Canada, even though they are closely related. So if you can imagine the cultural difference between someone from, say, China and Canada, that would be fantastically different.
Well, as they say, as much as we're different, we're the same. But in this case, I want to do a lesson on eight differences in culture that if you're learning the language, which would be important. Now, what I've done is shown the difference between the East and the West, because frankly, you may be from the Middle East or Asia, and you want to do business with Canadians or Americans or British people, and you should see what we think are important. And as well, this helps out English-speaking people about how we should communicate with you when we're trying to teach you English. You like that? Let's go to the board.
We have Mr. E, here. He wants to eat his... Let's see. What should he eat? I'm going to suggest that he has a pizza, because that's easy to draw, and anybody who knows me knows I'm a terrible drawer. There you go. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. He's having a piz-... Pepperoni pizza. What would you suggest he eat with? A knife or a fork, or chopsticks? Well, it seems obvious: Use your hands. See, when you understand, you can manipulate or use things to your advantage. Let's go to the board.
We'll start out with the West, which is where we are. All right? In the West, we say "respect is earned". That means I cannot give you respect or look up to you until you have done something to show me that you deserve my respect or I should give it to you. Just because you say: "Hello, my name is" doesn't mean anything. You have to say: "Hello, my name is, and I have done these things." Because of that and if you do something that helps me, I will give you my respect. Okay? In the East, it's a little different. In the East, what we say is: "respect is due to hierarchy". Hierarchy? Well, just like the word says, think "high", okay? The higher you are-okay?-the higher position you have. So if I come in and say: "I am Generalissimo Kareer." You go: "Oh, I must give you great respect", in the East, just because I am the General. I don't have to be a good General; I just have to be a General. You must give me respect. Well, in the West, you'd have to be a good General that's done a lot of good things.
Okay, number two: open debate is encouraged. If you're going: "What is open debate?" Open debate is conversation, but it's more conversation where two ideas are conflicting or they don't go together. You think A, they think B. So you don't both agree necessarily. Maybe you think: "I don't agree with this person, or I don't like everything they say", so you have a debate, which is a conversation to try and change each other's mind. Okay? Open debate in the West is encouraged. If you don't like my idea, I'll say: "Why? What's wrong with it? Why don't you come up with something? Tell me what you think, or tell me what's wrong with my ideas." The challenge, we think, brings a greater result. In other words, if you talk to me and we have a really good open debate, things should be better at the end of the debate. Let's look at the East. In the East, open debate and confrontation is avoided. Partly, this is because in the East... Remember we talked about hierarchy? There's a level or layers? Well, if you question someone and they are on a higher level, you are not showing them the respect they deserve, so it is almost better to do your debate... Or, not even debate, but questions in a less public area. So it is not open debate; more of a private thing with you and that person, and even then, you shouldn't really question them, but ask questions of them. Okay? That's number two.
Number three, let's look at individual success and material success. In the West, they matter, it's important. Yes, who I am is important, but it's who I am, just myself. Have I done well in school? Have I made a lot of money?

Culture has a big role to play in the way we speak. It dictates not only which language we use, but also the way we express ourselves with different people. For example, how direct and honest people are generally varies by region. Because of these differences, it is just as important to master culture as it is language. This lesson will help you understand how native speakers think. You will learn how to improve your communication skills depending on whom you are speaking with no matter where you go in the world! Take the quiz on this lesson at http://www.engvid.com/8-cultural-differences-between-native-speakers-and-english-learners/
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Hmm. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Hi. James from engVid. I've often said that learning language, a foreign language is great. In this case, you're learning English, so congratulations. But a lot of students, they learn the language, and they kind of forget about the culture, like it doesn't really matter. Being an English speaker, I was born in England, and the culture from England is very different from the culture from Canada, even though they are closely related. So if you can imagine the cultural difference between someone from, say, China and Canada, that would be fantastically different.
Well, as they say, as much as we're different, we're the same. But in this case, I want to do a lesson on eight differences in culture that if you're learning the language, which would be important. Now, what I've done is shown the difference between the East and the West, because frankly, you may be from the Middle East or Asia, and you want to do business with Canadians or Americans or British people, and you should see what we think are important. And as well, this helps out English-speaking people about how we should communicate with you when we're trying to teach you English. You like that? Let's go to the board.
We have Mr. E, here. He wants to eat his... Let's see. What should he eat? I'm going to suggest that he has a pizza, because that's easy to draw, and anybody who knows me knows I'm a terrible drawer. There you go. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. He's having a piz-... Pepperoni pizza. What would you suggest he eat with? A knife or a fork, or chopsticks? Well, it seems obvious: Use your hands. See, when you understand, you can manipulate or use things to your advantage. Let's go to the board.
We'll start out with the West, which is where we are. All right? In the West, we say "respect is earned". That means I cannot give you respect or look up to you until you have done something to show me that you deserve my respect or I should give it to you. Just because you say: "Hello, my name is" doesn't mean anything. You have to say: "Hello, my name is, and I have done these things." Because of that and if you do something that helps me, I will give you my respect. Okay? In the East, it's a little different. In the East, what we say is: "respect is due to hierarchy". Hierarchy? Well, just like the word says, think "high", okay? The higher you are-okay?-the higher position you have. So if I come in and say: "I am Generalissimo Kareer." You go: "Oh, I must give you great respect", in the East, just because I am the General. I don't have to be a good General; I just have to be a General. You must give me respect. Well, in the West, you'd have to be a good General that's done a lot of good things.
Okay, number two: open debate is encouraged. If you're going: "What is open debate?" Open debate is conversation, but it's more conversation where two ideas are conflicting or they don't go together. You think A, they think B. So you don't both agree necessarily. Maybe you think: "I don't agree with this person, or I don't like everything they say", so you have a debate, which is a conversation to try and change each other's mind. Okay? Open debate in the West is encouraged. If you don't like my idea, I'll say: "Why? What's wrong with it? Why don't you come up with something? Tell me what you think, or tell me what's wrong with my ideas." The challenge, we think, brings a greater result. In other words, if you talk to me and we have a really good open debate, things should be better at the end of the debate. Let's look at the East. In the East, open debate and confrontation is avoided. Partly, this is because in the East... Remember we talked about hierarchy? There's a level or layers? Well, if you question someone and they are on a higher level, you are not showing them the respect they deserve, so it is almost better to do your debate... Or, not even debate, but questions in a less public area. So it is not open debate; more of a private thing with you and that person, and even then, you shouldn't really question them, but ask questions of them. Okay? That's number two.
Number three, let's look at individual success and material success. In the West, they matter, it's important. Yes, who I am is important, but it's who I am, just myself. Have I done well in school? Have I made a lot of money?

Welcoming Visitors - English Conversation Lesson

This English lesson will teach you both the formal and informal styles of welcoming a visitor either at home or at the office.
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Help teens build vocabulary & express themselves confidently

To develop speaking skills, teenage learners need to practise speaking a great deal and over an extended period of time. But real improvement requires more than...

To develop speaking skills, teenage learners need to practise speaking a great deal and over an extended period of time. But real improvement requires more than just practice – it requires learners to expand their language abilities: grammar, lexis, pronunciation and so on. Chief amongst these is lexis – individual words, multi-word items, lexical chunks and fixed phrases – since most breakdowns in language production are caused by lack of access to the right word or phrase. In this webinar, Jeff Stranks, co-author of the new secondary course Think!, will look at the relationship between lexical competence and spoken fluency, and suggest materials and activities that can be used to help learners increase their lexical range and thus become better and more confident conversationalists in English.
Find out more about the new secondary course, from Cambridge University Press, Think! which goes beyond building strong language skills and develops the whole learner - with an emphasis on critical thinking, values and self-esteem - ensuring academic and lifelong success inside and outside the classroom: http://bit.ly/1UasC6i
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To develop speaking skills, teenage learners need to practise speaking a great deal and over an extended period of time. But real improvement requires more than just practice – it requires learners to expand their language abilities: grammar, lexis, pronunciation and so on. Chief amongst these is lexis – individual words, multi-word items, lexical chunks and fixed phrases – since most breakdowns in language production are caused by lack of access to the right word or phrase. In this webinar, Jeff Stranks, co-author of the new secondary course Think!, will look at the relationship between lexical competence and spoken fluency, and suggest materials and activities that can be used to help learners increase their lexical range and thus become better and more confident conversationalists in English.
Find out more about the new secondary course, from Cambridge University Press, Think! which goes beyond building strong language skills and develops the whole learner - with an emphasis on critical thinking, values and self-esteem - ensuring academic and lifelong success inside and outside the classroom: http://bit.ly/1UasC6i
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Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

How to express your opinion in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

6:16

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)
When we t...

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

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Expressing Time in English

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Expressing Surprise and Disbelief - Learn to Speak English Fluently

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Learn English Tenses: 4 ways to talk about the FUTURE

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English? In this video, I will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future: will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. I will compare when and how we use these grammatical tenses to talk about the future. After you watch this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it. I know that you will do well.
http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-tenses-4-ways-to-talk-about-the-future/
Hello. My name isEmma, and in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you the four futures. Okay? A lot of you know two futures, I think. A lot of you probably know "will" and "going to". I'm going to teach you two more futures today, and teach you how they're different from one another. Okay?
So let's get started with the present continuous future. So the present continuous is when you have "be" verb, so "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", "they are", I don't know if I said "we are", "we are" plus the verb and "ing". Okay? So we have "am", the verb, "ing". This is known as the present continuous. It's usually one of the first things you will learn when you're learning English. So a lot of you know the present continuous, and you think: "Oh, present continuous, it's taking place now." You're right, but we can also use it to talk about the future. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.
So, for example, if you ask me: "Emma, what are you doing this weekend?" Well: "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." Okay? Or I might say: "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." If you ask me: "What are you doing tonight?" Well, you know, I want to be a good student, so: -"I'm studying tonight. I'm studying tonight." -"What are you doing next week?" -"Well, next week... I'm working next week." Okay? So present continuous is very, very common for when we're talking about the future that's going to happen soon. Not future that's going to happen 2,000 years from now or 50 years from now - no, no, that's far future. We're talking about the future that's going to happen in the next couple of days. Okay? So very, very soon future.
We can also use the simple present to talk about the future. So, the simple present is when you take a verb and, you know, it's in the basic form, usually you add an "s". If it's third-person singular, for example: "I leave", "you leave", "he leaves", "she leaves", "they leave", "we leave". So this is all simple present. In your classes, you probably learned we use the simple present when we talk about routine. We can also use the simple present when we're talking about routines in the future. Okay? So, for example... And by this I mean timetables. We use this when we're talking about a schedule event; something that is scheduled to happen in the future. So, this usually has to do with when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes, we can use this tense. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close. So we use this when we're thinking about a schedule or a timetable.
So here are some examples: "The last train leaves at 6pm today." So 6pm hasn't happened yet. It's in the future, but because this is a schedule event, it's a timetable event, it's a schedule, we can use the simple present. Here's another example: "The restaurant opens at 5pm today." So this hasn't happened yet. Right now, it is 2pm. This is going to happen in the future. But still, I use the simple present because this is a schedule. Okay? Every day the restaurant opens at 5pm. Here's a third example, I like watching TV, imagine I like The Big Bang Theory: "My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm." So again, it's a routine, it's a schedule that takes place in the future, but it's still a schedule so we can use the simple present here. All right, so these two, even though they're present tenses, they can be used for the future.
Now let's look at the two verbs we commonly use for the future or we commonly think of as future verbs. "Be going to" + a verb and "will". So, "be going to" + verb: "I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video." Okay? These are examples of the "be going to" + verb future. So we use this when we're talking about the near future. Similar to this... So it's not a future that's very, very far away; it's soon, but it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

How to express your opinion in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Participate confidently in personal, professional, or academic discussions. Learn how to use a variety of phrases to express your opinion on various subjects. This lesson is a must for those who want to speak or write about important issues. Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-express-your-opinion-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi, my name is Rebecca, and in today's lesson I'll show you how to express your opinion in English. Now, this is important whether you're participating in a conversation, a debate, or a discussion, or whether you're writing a report, or an evaluation, or proposal, you're still going to need various types of phrases and expressions to express your view. So let's look at what some of these expressions are. Okay?
So, here are some of the most common ones. Now, the one at the top is probably the strongest, and the one down here is the weakest. So let's go through them. You could say: "I think the government should keep university free." for example. Or: "I believe..." Next one: "I feel..." Or: "I suppose the government should keep university free." Now, you see with my body language, here, it's a little bit weaker. So you say: "I suppose the government should keep university free." But this kind of body language kind of suggests that you're not very sure, but you think so. All right? Last one is very weak, but you could use it if you have... If you believe it a little bit. Okay? In that position. "I guess the government should keep university free." Right? It's weak, but it's acceptable. All right? Again, these are the stronger options.
Here are some other expressions: "In my opinion, we should accept their offer." Or: "In my view, we should accept their offer." Okay? So you could also use any of these, in my opinion. Now, remember: here, we don't need any kind of punctuation after: "I think". It just goes directly: "I think the government should keep university free." But here, we do have a comma. Okay? So: "In my opinion," - comma - or: "In my view," - comma -, that's important when you're writing. Okay?
Next one: "From my viewpoint," or: "From my point of view," or: "From my perspective, it's time to make a decision." Okay? Again, with each of these, remember: there is a comma after that expression. Okay?
Next one: "According to me, the Prime Minister should resign." Okay? Or: "It seems to me that you should take the job." All right? So these are some other expressions.
Now, that's a lot of expressions so what you want to do is to choose the expressions that you like. Perhaps these could be this... The sort of translation of the expressions that you use in your own language because you probably like those expressions. So learn a few of them correctly, rather than trying to learn all of them and getting them mixed up. Okay? So you don't want to say: "From my opinion," or something like that. So it's better to learn a few of them and use them correctly. All right?
If you'd like some more practice with this, you can go to our website: www.engvid.com and there you can do a quiz on this subject and also watch English learning videos on lots of other topics in English. Okay? Thanks very much for watching, and good luck with your English.

6:16

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)
When we t...

How to express possibility/probability in English? - Spoken English Lesson (ESL)

How to express possibility/probability in English - Spoken EnglishLesson (ESL)
When we talk about the future we often don't know what will happen. Most of the English learners and native speakers as well, use the modal verbs to show that we believe something is probable or possible. In this English lesson you will learn few expressions that will help you to express possibility.
1. Probably
Example - It's probably going to rain tonight.
2. There is a good chance
Example - There's a good chance India may win.
3. The odds are
Example - The odds are he will win the gold medal.
4. It's quite likely
Example - It's quite likely to rain this evening.
5. Perhaps
Example - He will be back tomorrow, perhaps you can fix a meeting with him for tomorrow.

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8 Cultural Differences between Native Speakers and English Learners

Culture has a big role to play in the way we speak. It dictates not only which language we use, but also the way we express ourselves with different people. For example, how direct and honest people are generally varies by region. Because of these differences, it is just as important to master culture as it is language. This lesson will help you understand how native speakers think. You will learn how to improve your communication skills depending on whom you are speaking with no matter where you go in the world! Take the quiz on this lesson at http://www.engvid.com/8-cultural-differences-between-native-speakers-and-english-learners/
TRANSCRIPT
Hmm. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Hi. James from engVid. I've often said that learning language, a foreign language is great. In this case, you're learning English, so congratulations. But a lot of students, they learn the language, and they kind of forget about the culture, like it doesn't really matter. Being an English speaker, I was born in England, and the culture from England is very different from the culture from Canada, even though they are closely related. So if you can imagine the cultural difference between someone from, say, China and Canada, that would be fantastically different.
Well, as they say, as much as we're different, we're the same. But in this case, I want to do a lesson on eight differences in culture that if you're learning the language, which would be important. Now, what I've done is shown the difference between the East and the West, because frankly, you may be from the Middle East or Asia, and you want to do business with Canadians or Americans or British people, and you should see what we think are important. And as well, this helps out English-speaking people about how we should communicate with you when we're trying to teach you English. You like that? Let's go to the board.
We have Mr. E, here. He wants to eat his... Let's see. What should he eat? I'm going to suggest that he has a pizza, because that's easy to draw, and anybody who knows me knows I'm a terrible drawer. There you go. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. He's having a piz-... Pepperoni pizza. What would you suggest he eat with? A knife or a fork, or chopsticks? Well, it seems obvious: Use your hands. See, when you understand, you can manipulate or use things to your advantage. Let's go to the board.
We'll start out with the West, which is where we are. All right? In the West, we say "respect is earned". That means I cannot give you respect or look up to you until you have done something to show me that you deserve my respect or I should give it to you. Just because you say: "Hello, my name is" doesn't mean anything. You have to say: "Hello, my name is, and I have done these things." Because of that and if you do something that helps me, I will give you my respect. Okay? In the East, it's a little different. In the East, what we say is: "respect is due to hierarchy". Hierarchy? Well, just like the word says, think "high", okay? The higher you are-okay?-the higher position you have. So if I come in and say: "I am Generalissimo Kareer." You go: "Oh, I must give you great respect", in the East, just because I am the General. I don't have to be a good General; I just have to be a General. You must give me respect. Well, in the West, you'd have to be a good General that's done a lot of good things.
Okay, number two: open debate is encouraged. If you're going: "What is open debate?" Open debate is conversation, but it's more conversation where two ideas are conflicting or they don't go together. You think A, they think B. So you don't both agree necessarily. Maybe you think: "I don't agree with this person, or I don't like everything they say", so you have a debate, which is a conversation to try and change each other's mind. Okay? Open debate in the West is encouraged. If you don't like my idea, I'll say: "Why? What's wrong with it? Why don't you come up with something? Tell me what you think, or tell me what's wrong with my ideas." The challenge, we think, brings a greater result. In other words, if you talk to me and we have a really good open debate, things should be better at the end of the debate. Let's look at the East. In the East, open debate and confrontation is avoided. Partly, this is because in the East... Remember we talked about hierarchy? There's a level or layers? Well, if you question someone and they are on a higher level, you are not showing them the respect they deserve, so it is almost better to do your debate... Or, not even debate, but questions in a less public area. So it is not open debate; more of a private thing with you and that person, and even then, you shouldn't really question them, but ask questions of them. Okay? That's number two.
Number three, let's look at individual success and material success. In the West, they matter, it's important. Yes, who I am is important, but it's who I am, just myself. Have I done well in school? Have I made a lot of money?

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Rocket League - Flying Pigs vs. Planet Express - ESL Play

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Welcoming Visitors - English Conversation Lesson

This English lesson will teach you both the formal and informal styles of welcoming a visitor either at home or at the office.
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Help teens build vocabulary & express themselves confidently

To develop speaking skills, teenage learners need to practise speaking a great deal and over an extended period of time. But real improvement requires more than just practice – it requires learners to expand their language abilities: grammar, lexis, pronunciation and so on. Chief amongst these is lexis – individual words, multi-word items, lexical chunks and fixed phrases – since most breakdowns in language production are caused by lack of access to the right word or phrase. In this webinar, Jeff Stranks, co-author of the new secondary course Think!, will look at the relationship between lexical competence and spoken fluency, and suggest materials and activities that can be used to help learners increase their lexical range and thus become better and more confident conversationalists in English.
Find out more about the new secondary course, from Cambridge University Press, Think! which goes beyond building strong language skills and develops the whole learner - with an emphasis on critical thinking, values and self-esteem - ensuring academic and lifelong success inside and outside the classroom: http://bit.ly/1UasC6i
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When the sun dims dramatically Monday morning, that would be like an entire power plant unit shutting down for the Lone Star State's electricity grid. The much-anticipated solar eclipse will wipe out about 600 megawatts worth of electricity generation from Texas' growing solar power industry, according to officials with ERCOT, which manages the Texas grid.&nbsp; ... "That is not very much," she said about eclipse's influence ... ....

Multiple media reports Thursday reported a van crashed into dozens of people in the center of Barcelona Thursday killing two and injuring several people. Local Spanish media say two armed men have entered a restaurant after a van crashed into a crowd of people, according to Reuters, and police consider the incident to be terror related. Local media reports say two people were killed instantly when struck by the van....

The number of asylum seekers who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States more than tripled last month, according to new data released on Thursday by the Canadian government which hints at the deep fears that migrants have about the recent U.S. administration immigration crackdown ...The RoyalCanadian Mounted Police said that an additional 3,800 asylum seekers were arrested crossing the U.S ... "It's not a crisis ... ....

The Guardian reported that police announced one person was arrested in relation to the attack on Thursday where someone drove a white van through the busy, pedestrian area of Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain which has left at least 13 dead, and more than 50 injured ...Police said that the number of the dead was "bound to rise" since at least 50 people were injured after the attack, interior minister for Catalonia, Joaquim Form said ... ... U.S....

The top two officers and the top enlisted sailors who were in charge when the USS Fitzgerald had a collision on June 17 that killed seven crew members will face disciplinary measures after seven crew members died from the incident, a senior Navy official said on Thursday. The Washington Post reported that Adm. William F ... The discipline varies but will include likely career-ending actions against the ship's captain at the time, Cmdr....

Senators Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, JV Ejercito and Grace Poe expressed alarm over the overwhelming number of fatalities as a result of the PNP's "one-time, big-time" anti-drug operations in Bulacan and some areas in Metro Manila. Pangilinan condemned the "massacre" of suspected drug personalities and petty criminals saying this is not the solution for the drug problem in the country. &nb... ....

JaguarsPresidentMark Lamping said Thursday the organization has filed an expression of interest with the National Football League to host an NFL Draft between 2019 and 2023 ... “It was the maximum number of years that we could express interest and we did in the strongest way. “We would love to have it here ... Lamping expects “most NFL teams,” to file an expression of interest in hosting the draft ... ....

The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed concerns over the suicide of children while playing a challenge-based game on the Internet where the final dare is to kill himself/herself ... The court, however, did not pass any orders and wished to know whether the government has issued any prohibition order with regard to downloading the Blue Whale game ... ....

Washington...Next, one of the images was paired with a loud scream and a fearful expression, and the other one was not ... They examined that the participants’ eye contact when the face was not expressing any emotions, to determine if children make more eye contact with someone who is associated with something bad or threatening, even when they are not expressing fear at that moment ... (ANI) Read More ....

Next, one of the images was paired with a loud scream and a fearful expression, and the other one was not ... They examined that the participants’ eye contact when the face was not expressing any emotions, to determine if children make more eye contact with someone who is associated with something bad or threatening, even when they are not expressing fear at that moment....

After saying Monday he doesn't want his players protesting the national anthem, Browns coach Hue Jackson clarified his comments Thursday ... "The intent of my comments was not to discourage individual expression from our players in light of a cause that moves them to personal expression ... However, my words did reflect my concern — that I would express to any player — about protesting during the anthem ... ....